Siege of Aligarh

1803 battle in India

Siege of Aligarh

Part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

Attack on Perron's camp and storming of Allyghur, Aug – Sep 1803
| Date| 1–4 September 1803

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Location|

Aligarh, India

Result|  British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company|  Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders

* General Lake
* James Skinner[1]

* Pierre Cuillier-Perron
Casualties and losses
900|  300

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Second Anglo-Maratha War

* Poona
* Ahmednagar
* Aligarh
* 1st Delhi
* Assaye
* Laswari
* Argaon
* Gawilghur
* Mukandwara
* 2nd Delhi
* Deeg
* Farrukhabad
* Deeg Fort
* Bharatpur

The siege of Aligarh also known as the Battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) at Aligarh, India.[2]

Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts in India, was fortified and commanded by a French mercenary officer Pierre Perron. It was laid under siege on 1 September 1803, by the British 76th Regiment, now known as the Yorkshire Regiment, under General Lord Gerard Lake. It was captured from the Marathas and French on 4 September 1803.[3] During the assault, fourteen ditches were lined with sword-blades and poisoned chevaux-de-frise around the fort by the French soldiers. The then Duke of Wellington declared the capture as "One of the most extraordinary feats of the British conquest of Northern India".[4]

## See also

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* 1803 Garhwal earthquake

## References

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1. ^ Holman, Dennis (1961). Sikander Sahib; Life Of Colonel James Skinner 1778 - 1841. Heinemann. p. 80.
2. ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 75\. ISBN 9788131300343.
3. ^ Thackeray, William Makepeace (2013). The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan Chapter 2. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1490979120. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ Butalia, Ramesh C. (1998). The Evolution of the Artillery in India. Allied. p. 239\. ISBN 9788170238720. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

## External links

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* The Decisive Battles of India from 1746 to 1849 Inclusive, By George Bruce Malleson

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